# The M60 Motorway (Junctions 8 to 18) and the M62 Motorway (Junctions 18 to 20) (Variable Speed Limits) Regulations 2017, Paragraph 3


In this Schedule—
“back of the diverge nose” means the shortest side of the diverge nose;
“circulatory interchange” means, at junction 18 of the M62, the gyratory known as Simister Island and, at junction 20 of the M62, the gyratory known as Thornham Interchange;
“diverge nose” means a paved area approximately triangular in shape between a motorway and a linking carriageway or a slip road and which is marked with road markings of a type shown in diagram 1042 in Part 6 of Schedule 9 to the 2016 Regulations and Directions;
“linking carriageway” means a carriageway (or a specified length of carriageway) linking one motorway to another;
“northern point” means the western edge of the western bridge carrying the circulatory interchange over the carriageway of the M62 at junction 20;
“off-slip road” means a slip road intended for the use of traffic exiting the M60 or M62 as the case may be;
“on-slip road” means a slip road intended for the use of traffic entering the M60 or M62 as the case may be;
“slip road” means a road which connects a motorway with another road other than a motorway; and
“southern point” means the northern edge of the northern bridge carrying the circulatory carriageway of the A6144 over the M60 at junction 8.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/793/schedule/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/m60-motorway-junctions-8-to-18-and-the-m62-motorway-junctions-18-to-20-variable-speed-limits-regulations-2017/schedule/paragraph-3
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